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(Movie Review) Race

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Release date: February 19, 2016
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Stephen Hopkins
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements and language)
Starring: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, Shanice Banton, William Hurt
Genre: Drama

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Race is an appropriate title for the film chronicling a historical hiccup in the Nazi doctrine of Aryan supremacy. A little hiccup named Jesse Owens. Owens was at the top of American track and field and heralded as the World’s fastest man. But, he was never faster than life.

I liked the way the film not only highlighted the intense athletic training and overwhelming prowess it took for Owens to take over the American track and field world but it showed his flaws as well. Being a humble man of extremely low means his just going to college was a massive deal for him. Add in the adoring fans (to a certain extent, this was 1930’s America), woman, and more money than he’d ever seen it was a recipe for a man to lose himself and lose himself he did. All of this turmoil and determination to find himself again and be the best was portrayed by Stephan James with great deftness. He embodies that wide eyed black man discovering the world for the first time. Larry Snyder, Owens’track coach at The Ohio State University (played by Jason Sudeikis) good in his role as the wise ass former track star. Sudeikis plays the role with a humor and subtle brokenness that elevates the chemistry between him and James as student and pupil. The supporting cast is fine with the standout supporting performance made by Jeremy Irons. I will say that the races are kind of anti-climatic. Dramatic in their build up but kind of just happen.

The thing I appreciated the most about this story is that there was no “white savior” in it that many films have in them. Movies like The Blindside or Dangerous Minds, show an under privileged Black or Latino character(s) in them that have all of their problems solved by a “White” knight as if that was the missing ingredient in their lives. I don’t mean to make it sound as if I’m focusing entirely on race here but there is an overwhelmingly large amount of these inspirational stories out there on film.

In the end, Race is a nice film for Black History Month that thankfully doesn’t focus on the big 2 (MLK, Malcolm X) or anything slavery related. Hell, it’s a decent movie for anytime of the year. Solid performances, chemistry between the two main characters, and a world wide desire to see anything that shows Hitler losing at life allows me to give this picture my stamp of approval.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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